Design and analysis of a long fiber thermoplastic composite tailcone for a tank gun training round

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-318

  Vaidya, Uday K ^a   Serrano, Juan C ^a   Villalobos, Alejandro ^a   Sands, James ^b   Garner, James ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Thermoplastic composites; C. Extrusion; D. Impact and ballistic

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; TANKS (MILITARY); TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTICS;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIAL FORMS; TAILCONE; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AMMUNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; TANKS (MILITARY); TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 35349008164     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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